The Fifth Avenue Coach Company was an operator of buses, primarily in the borough of Manhattan, but with some operations in the Bronx and Queens in New York City. It began under the name Fifth Avenue Transportation Company (Ltd.) in 1885, with the intent of providing service on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, using horse-drawn omnibuses to avoid the laying of tracks on the avenue. In 1896 it was reincorporated as the Fifth Avenue Coach Company, still using horse-drawn omnibuses. The initial route ran from Washington Square to 90th Street, but additional operations followed. In 1900 the company attempted to introduce battery-powered buses, but the experiment was unsuccessful and horse drawn vehicles were restored until 1907, although beginning with 1905 motorized buses were experimentally used.
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| - The Fifth Avenue Coach Company was an operator of buses, primarily in the borough of Manhattan, but with some operations in the Bronx and Queens in New York City. It began under the name Fifth Avenue Transportation Company (Ltd.) in 1885, with the intent of providing service on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, using horse-drawn omnibuses to avoid the laying of tracks on the avenue. In 1896 it was reincorporated as the Fifth Avenue Coach Company, still using horse-drawn omnibuses. The initial route ran from Washington Square to 90th Street, but additional operations followed. In 1900 the company attempted to introduce battery-powered buses, but the experiment was unsuccessful and horse drawn vehicles were restored until 1907, although beginning with 1905 motorized buses were experimentally used.
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- Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot
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| - The Fifth Avenue Coach Company was an operator of buses, primarily in the borough of Manhattan, but with some operations in the Bronx and Queens in New York City. It began under the name Fifth Avenue Transportation Company (Ltd.) in 1885, with the intent of providing service on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, using horse-drawn omnibuses to avoid the laying of tracks on the avenue. In 1896 it was reincorporated as the Fifth Avenue Coach Company, still using horse-drawn omnibuses. The initial route ran from Washington Square to 90th Street, but additional operations followed. In 1900 the company attempted to introduce battery-powered buses, but the experiment was unsuccessful and horse drawn vehicles were restored until 1907, although beginning with 1905 motorized buses were experimentally used. Vehicles were double-decked and imitated the design of horse buses used in London. In 1907 motor buses were introduced, with engines made in France and chassis in England. This made Fifth Avenue the only motorized bus operator in New York City until 1916. In 1898 the company was bought by the Third Avenue Railway Company, and one year later it became a subsidiary of the New York Transportation Company, but regained its independence in 1912. In 1924 it was taken over by the Omnibus Corporation, which was founded by John Hertz who had started a taxicab company in Chicago, Illinois. The Omnibus Corporation also controlled bus operations in Chicago under the name Chicago Motor Coach Company. In 1954, the Omnibus Corporation sold the assets of Fifth Avenue Coach Co. to the New York City Omnibus Corporation, which renamed itself in 1956 to Fifth Avenue Coach Lines to take advantage of the well-known Fifth Avenue Coach name. In 1924 the company took over from Concourse Bus Lines the operation of two bus routes on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. The Surface Transportation Corporation of New York, a subsidiary of the Third Avenue Railway System founded in 1924, however, took over those routes in 1928 from Fifth Avenue. The company took advantage of its run on Fifth Avenue, a high-class thoroughfare, to run open-top double-deck buses, and charge a premium fare (ten cents when most transit operators charged five).
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